• 수면정신생리
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2004

목 적：본 연구의 목적은 주요우울장애환자를 대상으로 Heart Rate Variability(HRV) 검사를 이용하여 비침습적으로 자율신경계의 기능, 심혈관조절체계 및 항상성을 측정하여 정상대조군과 비교해보고 생리학적, 임상적 의미를 고찰해보는 것이다. 방 법：DSM-Ⅳ의 진단기준에 의하여 주요우울장애로 진단받은 환자 30명과 정상대조군 30명을 대상으로 하였다. 검사는 SA-2000E 기기를 사용하여 HRV parameter를 측정한 후 시(time) 영역과 주파수(frequency)영역별로 분석하였다. 결 과：Heart rate(HR)는 환자군에서 유의하게 증가된 소견을 나타내었으며 the standard deviation of the NN interval(SDNN), the root square of successive differences(RMSSD)도 환자군에서 유의하게 낮은 소견을 보였다. Total power(TP) band, very low frequency(VLF：$0.003{\sim}0.04\;Hz$) band, low frequency(LF：$0.04{\sim}0.15\;Hz$) band, high frequency(HF：$0.15{\sim}0.4\;Hz$) band는 환자군에서 유의하게 낮은 수치를 보였고, LF/HF의 비는 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 결 론：우울증 환자는 심박수의 증가와 HRV의 감소를 보였으며, 교감 신경과 미주 신경의 불균형이 높은 심혈관계 사망률과 부분적으로 연관이 있는 것 같다. 우울증 환자들은 심장에서 자율신경기능의 이상을 나타내며 이렇게 교감/부교감 신경활성 조절능력이 저하되어 균형이 깨짐으로써 높은 심혈관계 사망률을 보인다고 할 수 있다.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2008

Objective: To treat psychogenic headache patients, doctors have to amplify on the headache caused by emotional stress to patients, and assist the patients to cope with difficulties. So, we investigated HRV of the headache patients caused by Chiljungsang and would like to apply to the clinical treatment. Method: Our study measured time and frequency domain HRV indicies(5-min resting study) of 123 headache patients caused by emotional stress. Standardized tests of HRV allow a quantitative estimation of autonomic nervous system function. Results & Conclusions: 1. The study classed as aspects of the head pain showed the differences in RMS-SD(square root of mean squared difference of successive NN intervals) band, HF(high frequency) band significantly. 2. The male headache patients showed higher all the indicies except heart rate compared to the female patients, significantly in SDNN(standard deviation of NN interval), TP(total Power), HF band. 3. As the patients grow older, SDNN, RMS-SD band was lower and LF(low frequency) band, LF/HF ratio higher significantly. The beginning age lower, SDNN, RMS-SD band was higher significantly. The duration of the disease longer, LF band, LF/HF ratio was higher significantly.

• Yonsei Medical Journal
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• 제59권9호
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• pp.1138-1142
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• 2018

This study aimed to analyze the impact of sleep deprivation (SD) on cardiac, hemodynamic, and endothelial parameters and to determine whether these are sustained with increased periods of SD. The study included 60 healthy men (mean: age $31.2{\pm}6.3years$; body mass index $24.6{\pm}2.6kg/m^2$). Hemodynamic parameters, parameters of myocardial contractility, spectral analysis of heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) variability, and the sensitivity of arterial baroreflex function were evaluated. Biochemical tests were performed to assess L-arginine (L-Arg) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) levels in reflection of endothelial nitric oxide synthase ability. Measurements of cardiovascular system parameters were obtained at 9 a.m. (baseline) on the first day of the study and 9 a.m. (24-h SD), 1 p.m. (28-h SD), and 5 p.m. (32-h SD) on the second day. Blood samples for evaluating biochemical parameters were obtained at baseline and after 24-h SD. ANOVA Friedman's test revealed a significant effect for time in relation to HR (${\chi}^2=26.04$, df=5, p=0.000), systolic BP (${\chi}^2=35.98$, df=5, p=0.000), diastolic BP (${\chi}^2=18.01$, df=5, p=0.003), and mean BP (${\chi}^2=28.32$, df=5, p=0.000). L-Arg and ADMA levels changed from $78.2{\pm}12.9$ and $0.3{\pm}0.1$ at baseline to $68.8{\pm}10.2$ and $0.4{\pm}0.1$ after 24-hr SD, respectively (p=0.001, p=0.004). SD in healthy men is associated with increases in BP, which appear to occur after 24 hours of SD and are maintained over increasing periods of SD. The observed hemodynamic changes may have resulted due to disordered vascular endothelial function, as reflected in alterations in L-Arg and ADMA levels.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2016

Objectives: This study introduces the history and types of Korean pharmacopuncture and reports trends of research on Korean pharmacopuncture. Methods: Pharmacopuncture studies were searched from the first year of each search engine to 2014 by using seven domestic and foreign search databases. Selected studies were divided into the history of pharmacopuncture, kinds and features of pharmacopuncture, research types, and experimental and clinic studies and were then classified by year of publication, type of pharmacopuncture, disease, and topic. Results: Pharmacopuncture can be classified into four large groups: meridian field pharmacopuncture (MFP), eight-principles pharmacopuncture (EPP), animal-based pharmacopuncture (ABP) and mountain-ginseng pharmacopuncture, which is a single-compound pharmacopuncture (SCP). The largest numbers of studies were reported from 1997 to 2006, after which the numbers decreased until 2014. Of experimental studies, 51.9%, 18.7%. 14.3%, 9% and 3.4% were on SCP, ABP, MFP, formula pharmacopuncture (FP), and EPP, respectively. Of clinical studies, 54.7%, 15.3%. 14.9% 10.0% and 1.5% were on ABP, MFP, EPP, SCP, and FP (1.5%), respectively. Among clinical studies, case reports and case series accounted for 76.5%, followed by randomized controlled trials (RCTs, 16.4%) and non-RCT (13.9%). Musculoskeletal diseases, toxicity and safety tests, anti-cancer effects, and nervous system diseases were mainly treated in experimental studies while musculoskeletal diseases, nervous system diseases, toxicity and safety tests, and autonomic nerve function tests were addressed in clinical studies. Bee venom (BV) was the most frequently-used pharmacopuncture in mechanism studies. Pharmacopuncture was mainly used to treat musculoskeletal diseases. Conclusion: Pharmacopuncture and studies of it have made great progress in Korea. Studies on BV pharmacopuncture and musculoskeletal diseases accounted for most of the studies reported during the review period. Research on the types of pharmacopuncture and diseases has to be expanded. Especially, studies on the use of MFP and EPP for treating patients with various diseases are needed.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제35호
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• pp.125-149
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 경호경비현장에서 이루어지고 있는 실제적인 경호경비원들의 경계근무와 CCTV 모니터링 요원들의 스트레스를 확인하고, 비교 평가하기 위해 심박동변이(heart rate variability)를 통하여 생체리듬의 변화를 관찰하였다. K대학교 경호학과 학생 9명을 대상으로 실제 근무와 유사한 환경에서 경계근무와 CCTV 모니터링근무를 150분간 실시하였다. 30분 간격으로 자율신경검사를 관찰한 결과 HRT는 모니터링 근무가 경계근무 보다 더 낮게 나타났으며, 안정시, 근무 30분과 60분보다 90분, 120분, 150분은 낮게 나타났다. SDNN은 모니터링 근무가 더 높게 나타났으며, 근무 30분과 60분 보다 근무 150분에서 더 낮게 나타났다. 자율신경검사에서는 TP는 근무형태에 따른 집단 간 차이는 나타나지 않았으며, 근무 30분 보다 근무 150분에 더 높은 시기적 차이를 보였다. 근무형태와 근무시간의 상호작용은 나타났다. LF는 근무 60분 보다 근무 150분에 높은 시기간의 차이를 보였다. HF는 모니터링 근무 집단에 높게 나타났으며, 근무 30분 보다 근무 120분과 150분에서 더 높게 나타났다. 근무형태와 근무시간의 상호작용도 나타났다. LF/HF ratio는 경계근무 집단이 더 높게 나타났으며, 시기 간에 차이와 함께 근무형태와 근무시간의 상호작용도 나타났다. 모니터링 근무가 경계근무보다 부교감신경활동이 더 활발함에 따라 더 낮은 심기능 활동을 보였다. 매일 반복되는 장기간의 모니터링 근무는 VDT증후군이나 신경피로에 노출될 가능성이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.29-32
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• 2008

Although various criteria on the diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy are applied from trial to trial, being tailored in concert with its purpose, the utmost evidences of the diagnosis are subjective symptoms and objective signs of neurologic deficit. The application and interpretation of auxiliary electrophysiological test including nerve conduction study (NCS) should be made on the context of clinical pictures. The evaluation of the functions of small, thinly myelinated or unmyelinated nerve fibers has been increasingly stressed recently with the advent of newer techniques, e.g., measurement of intraepidermal fiber density, quantitative sensory testing, and autonomic function test. And the studies with those techniques have shed light to the nature of the evolution of diabetic neuropathy. The practical application of these techniques to the diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy in the individual patients, however, should be made cautiously due to several shortcomings: limited accessibility, wide overlapping zone between norm and abnormality with resultant unsatisfactory sensitivity and specificity, difficulty in performing subsequent tests, unproven quantitative correlation with clinical deficit, and invasiveness of some technique. NCS, as an extension of clinical examination, is still the most reliable electrophysiological test in evaluating neuropathy and gives the invaluable information about the nature of neuropathy, whereas the newer techniques need more refinement of the procedure and interpretation, and the accumulation of large scaled data of application to be considered as established diagnostic tools of peripheral neuropathy.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2016

Objectives : This study was designed to analyze the characteristic of heart rate variability(HRV) changes between Deficiency Pattern and Excess Pattern in Stroke Patients admitted to the hospital. Methods : We measured heart rate variability of stroke patients who were admitted to the Department of Korean Internal medicine, Stroke and Neurological Disorders Center from February 1, 2015 to May 30, 2016. We recruited a total of 28 stroke patients and heart rate variability tests were performed on the first day of admission, 2weeks after admission, and 4 weeks after admission. Results : VLF and LF/HF ratio significantly increased over time in Deficiency Pattern group compared with those in the Excess Pattern group. Conclusions : This results suggest that the parasympathetic function of Deficiency Pattern group is lower than that of the Excess Pattern group, resulting in imbalance of the autonomic nervous system.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.362-369
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• 2019

Background: Chronic nonspecific symptoms attributed to indoor nonindustrial work environments are common and may cause disability, but the medical nature of this disability is unclear. The aim was to medically characterize the disability manifested by chronic, recurrent symptoms and restrictions to work participation attributed to low-level indoor pollutants at workplace and whether the condition shares features with idiopathic environmental intolerance. Methods: We investigated 12 patients with indoor aire-related work disability. The examinations included somatic, psychological, and psychiatric evaluations as well as investigations of the autonomic nervous system, cortisol measurements, lung function, and allergy tests. We evaluated well-being, health, disability, insomnia, pain, anxiety, depression, and burnout via questionnaires. Results: The mean symptom history was 10.5 years; for disabling symptoms, 2.7 years. Eleven patients reported reactions triggered mainly by indoor molds, one by fragrances only. Ten reported sensitivity to odorous chemicals, and three, electric devices. Nearly all had co-occurrent somatic and psychiatric diagnoses and signs of pain, insomnia, burnout, and/or elevated sympathetic responses. Avoiding certain environments had led to restrictions in several life areas. On self-assessment scales, disability showed higher severity and anxiety showed lower severity than in physician assessments. Conclusion: No medical cause was found to explain the disability. Findings support that the condition is a form of idiopathic environmental intolerance and belongs to functional somatic syndromes. Instead of endless avoidance, rehabilitation approaches of functional somatic syndromes are applicable.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2004

목 적 : 본 연구는 $4{\sim}10\;Hz$의 빛과 소리자극이 인체의 단기기억력 및 긴장이완에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 관찰하기 위한 예비연구로 시행되었다. 방법：총 10명의 대상을 무작위로 동기화된 파형의 빛과 소리를 가한 처치군(R 군)과 동기화되지 않은 무작위 파형의 빛과 소리를 가한 허위군(P 군)으로 분류하고, 하루 15분씩 5일간 빛과 소리 자극을 가하였다. 단기기억력을 측정하기위한 척도, 불안 척도 그리고 자율신경심장 기능 검사 등을 시행하였다. 2일간 휴식 후 R군과 P군을 교차하여 5일간 같은 실험을 반복하였다. 결 과：R군에서 빛과 소리자극 1회 적용 후 단기기억력의 유의미한 향상이 관찰되었다. 자율신경심장기능 검사에서는 R군에서 유의미한 이완 효과가 관찰되었다. 결 론：이 연구 $4{\sim}10\;Hz$의 빛과 소리자극이 단기기억 및 긴장이완과 연관됨을 암시한다. 향후 실험대상수를 늘려 예비연구결과를 확인함이 필요하다.